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Fisheries Agreements (Payments) Act 1991

 

No. 151, 1991

 

 

 

 

 

An Act relating to payments under certain fisheries agreements

 

 

 

Contents

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Interpretation

4 Effect of section 5 or 6

5 Payments under fisheries agreements entered into with the government of another country

6 Payments under fisheries agreements entered into otherwise than with the government of another country

 

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Fisheries Agreements (Payments) Act 1991

 

No. 151, 1991

 

 

 

An Act relating to payments under certain fisheries agreements

 

 

[Assented to 21 Oct 1991]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Fisheries Agreements (Payments) Act 1991.

2  Commencement

 (1) Sections 1 and 2 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 (2) Subject to subsection (3), the remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

 (3) If a provision mentioned in subsection (2) does not commence under that subsection within the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.

3  Interpretation

  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

AFMA means the Australian Fisheries Management Authority.

licence means a foreign fishing licence granted under Part 3 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

4  Effect of section 5 or 6

  Section 5 or 6 has effect only so far as that section is a law imposing taxation or dealing with the imposition of taxation within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.